I don't say this lightly, but the employees at the USPS location are easily the rudest people I have ever encountered. The employees at USPS have made me afraid to even speak to customer service representatives (in general) about any questions or concerns I have due to this one employees offensive and rude conduct.
I had an issue with a package that was supposed to be delivered to my apartment. USPS Tracking is not very detailed, so all I knew was that there was a failed delivery (with no reason stated) and I knew my package was being held somewhere in College Park. There are several USPS locations in College Park, so I took a guess and decided to call this location to see if this location was the one that was in possession of my package.
The woman I spoke to over the phone gave me an attitude right off the bat. Although I was polite to her throughout the conversation (and trying my hardest to remain composed) she grew increasingly more passive-aggressive and angry. She literally yelled at me in response to me asking simple questions or trying to explain the situation. When I explained to her that I was unsure of what would happen to my package, she yelled something to the effect of "USPS DOESN'T PROVIDE TRACKING INFORMATION PAST THE FIRST DELIVERY ATTEMPT!!!!!!!!!!!!" as if this was common sense, in an extremely aggressive manner. I imagine that failed delivery attempts are a common issue, and it is NOT unreasonable for me or any customer to be concerned about the whereabouts of my package when tracking is not being updated. She continued to berate me, mocking my intelligence, calling me stupid for not checking the tracking online before contacting her (she was wrong, I did check tracking and searched numerous forums to see if others had similar issues) and telling me off for stupid reasons. I never hang up on people, especially not out of anger, but I hung up on this employee. I regret not yelling back at her, considering that she was attacking me over nothing despite not knowing me at all. I don't care if she was stressed or having a bad day - there was absolutely no justification for her screaming at me and belittling me for not understanding USPS's policies regarding deliveries that I could not even find online. I didn't make any unreasonable demands, but apparently me asking if my package was at this USPS location and if she knew why my package was rejected was offensive and unreasonable to her.
I normally don't get angry with employees to the degree that I feel like I must contact their customer service or provide feedback, however, I went through the trouble of calling the main USPS phone number with an extremely long wait time so I could 1. get my questions answered and 2. so I could file a complaint against this employee and USPS location. read more